buffaloed

Puzzled, perplexed, or completely confused (about a subject or some task at hand). I tried to do well in this class, but I've been buffaloed since we started. I'm buffaloed in this new job of mine. I've never been responsible for these kind of contracts before. Bill is buffaloed because of this calculus problem. Can you help him?

double buffalo

slang The speed limit of 55 miles per hour. The US nickel, which is worth five cents, at one time featured a picture of a buffalo. Whoa, whoa, cool it with the double buffalo—the speed limit here is 25! A: "You should probably go faster—the speed limit on this highway is 70." B: "Really? Wasn't it just double buffalo on the last highway we were on?" There's a cop up ahead, and the speed limit is double buffalo, so slow it down to at least 60.

double nickels

slang The speed limit of 55 miles per hour. "Nickel" refers to the US five-cent coin. Whoa, whoa, cool it with the double nickels—the speed limit here is 25! A: "You should probably go faster—the speed limit on this highway is 70." B: "Really? Wasn't it just double nickels on the last highway we were on?" There's a cop up ahead, and the speed limit is double nickels, so slow it down to at least 60.

buffaloed

(ˈbəfəlod)

mod. confused; stumped. These tax forms really have me buffaloed.

double nickels

and double buffalo

n. the number fifty-five; the fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit. (Originally citizens band radio. The buffalo is on one side of the nickel.) You’d better travel right on those double nickels in through here. The bears are hungry. Double buffalo is for trucks. You can go seventy.

double buffalo

verb

See double nickels